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Writing Class Instructor & Critique
Group Facilitator

Seattle Area Community Colleges, 1998 – 2004

  • Launching & Propelling a Writing Career
  • Charting Your Writing Career
  • Develop Your Creativity
  • Discover Your Writing Niche
  • How to Get an Agent
  • Marketing Your Manuscript
  • Move Your Writing Career Forward Now
  • So You Want to Write a Book
  • Survival Skills for Writers

Fiction

  • Building Settings that Enhance the Plot
  • Dialogue that Delivers
  • Crafting Fiction that Sells
  • Creating Tension that Springs Characters into Action
  • Dealing with Your Characters’ Emotions
  • Developing Believable Characters Using the Enneagram
  • Developing Characters that Live, Move, and Breathe
  • Flashbacks that Propel (Rather than Stop) the Story
  • Motivating Your Characters (Where Did THAT Come From?)
  • Opening Scenes that Grab Your Reader

Nonfiction

  • Book Proposals that Make Editors Drool
  • Crafting Nonfiction that Sells
  • Powerful Query Letters
  • Using Fiction Techniques in Nonfiction
  • Writing the Feature Article
  • Writing the “How To” Article
  • Writing the Other Person’s Story
  • Writing the Personal Essay
  • Writing the Personal Experience Story
  • Writing with Humor
  • Crafting the Memoir

 

Intimate One-Day Workshops, 1999 - Present

Quarterly Recharges

  • Teachings on Fiction and Nonfiction
  • Marketing Tips
  • Inspirational / Motivational Secrets
  • Special Guest Speakers

 

Online Classes

Writer’s Digest School – 2000 - Present
www.writersonlineworkshops.com

  • Creating Dynamic Characters
  • Focus on the Novel
  • Focus on the Personal / Family Memoir
  • Focus on the Nonfiction Magazine Article
  • Focus on the Short Story
  • Fundamentals of Fiction
  • Fundamentals of Life Stories
  • Fundamentals of Nonfiction Writing
  • Getting Started in Writing
  • Writing Effective Dialogue
  • Writing the Nonfiction Book
  • Writing the Nonfiction Book Proposal
  • Writing the Query Letter
  • Marketing Your Short Stories
  • Voice and Viewpoint

Writers on the Net 2000 - Present
www.writers.com

  • Discover Your Writing Niche
  • Make Money Writing the How-To Article
  • The Art of Storytelling
  • Creating Characters Using the Enneagram

 

Correspondence Courses, 1984 - 2006

  • Getting Started in Writing, 1996 – 2005
  • Writing & Selling Short Stories, 1984 – 2005
  • Writing Your Life Story, 1996 - 2005
  • Nonfiction Book Workshop, 1995 – 2005
  • Criticism Service, 1998 - 2005
  • Writing the Novel, 2001- 2005
  • Writing Magazine Articles, 2001- 2005
  • The Fundamentals of Fiction, 2001- 2005
  • The Fundamentals of Nonfiction, 2001- 2005

 

In-Home Critique Groups, 1998 – 2004

  • Launched over 40 groups (of 5 – 8 participants each)
    in the Seattle, WA area

 

In-Home Writing Classes, 1980 - 1987

  • Beginning Writers
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction